A MEISSEN WHITE SHAPED-OVAL PIERCED TUREEN AND COVER modelled by J.J. Kändler with Frauenköpfe handles, the double wall with pierced scroll panels and either side with a cartouche flanked by putti holding garlands of flowers and drapery, on four scroll and paw feet with eagle terminals, the cover with similar pierced scroll panels and applied with escutcheons, the crown finial resting on a cushion and supported by two putti (head of one handle, two putti and head of one putto lacking, front of one paw foot chipped, chip to inside rim of cover, minor chips to flowers and leaves), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1745
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A MEISSEN WHITE SHAPED-OVAL PIERCED TUREEN AND COVER modelled by J.J. Kändler with Frauenköpfe handles, the double wall with pierced scroll panels and either side with a cartouche flanked by putti holding garlands of flowers and drapery, on four scroll and paw feet with eagle terminals, the cover with similar pierced scroll panels and applied with escutcheons, the crown finial resting on a cushion and supported by two putti (head of one handle, two putti and head of one putto lacking, front of one paw foot chipped, chip to inside rim of cover, minor chips to flowers and leaves), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1745
25.5cm. wide
Lot Essay
Cf. Hermann Jedding, Meissener Porzellan des 18 Jahrhunderts in Hamburger Privatbesitz, pp. 152-153, no. 142